Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace
Memory tip (Put it in its place): Steps: choose a place you know → fix stops in order → put pictures at stops → walk the route to recall. Always walk the stops in the same order — that is what keeps your list in order. More items than stops? Add stops. A new list? Put new pictures on the same stops.
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- 1.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a fan by the post box, an anchor by the banyan tree, a doll by the bus stop, a monkey by the park gate, a shoe by the fruit cart. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) fan (b) doll (c) anchor (d) shoe
- 3.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) a random new city (c) one you never saw (d) one you know very well
- 4.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 6.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 7.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) no, never (c) only once a year (d) yes, with new pictures
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a key by the bench, a pencil by the park gate, an umpire by the swing, an ant by the slide, a duck by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) pencil (b) duck (c) key (d) ant
- 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a flute by the stairs, a whistle by the blackboard, a pencil by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the classroom door, a tomato by the library. Where did you place the pencil? (a) stairs (b) teacher’s desk (c) blackboard (d) library
- 10.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an orange by the sofa, an apple by the TV, a wallet by the shoe rack, a mango by the door, a mirror by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) orange (b) mirror (c) apple (d) wallet
- 13.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 14.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 16.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) it looks nice (c) to make it longer (d) to keep the order
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a bucket by the dining table, an orange by the sofa, a flute by the TV, a mango by the door, an igloo by the shoe rack. What did you place by the dining table? (a) flute (b) igloo (c) orange (d) bucket
- 18.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an urn by the stairs, a tent by the classroom door, a frog by the notice board, a doll by the school gate, an anchor by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) frog (b) doll (c) tent (d) urn
- 20.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a glass by the fruit cart, a ball by the swing, a lamp by the bench, a monkey by the park gate, a bucket by the slide. What did you place by the bench? (a) ball (b) monkey (c) bucket (d) lamp
- 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a cat by the banyan tree, a rose by the fruit cart, an orange by the bus stop, a tomato by the park gate, a bucket by the post box. Where did you place the bucket? (a) post box (b) banyan tree (c) bus stop (d) park gate
- 23.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) skip 5 items (c) put all at one stop (d) add more stops
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a van by the fruit cart, a glass by the park gate, a tiger by the swing, a tomato by the post box, a pencil by the banyan tree. Where did you place the tiger? (a) post box (b) fruit cart (c) swing (d) banyan tree
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a mango by the door, a pencil by the shoe rack, a tent by the TV, a radio by the dining table, a rose by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) rose (d) tent
- 26.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a ball by the blackboard, a kite by the teacher’s desk, a guava by the notice board, a banana by the stairs, a lemon by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) kite (b) lemon (c) guava (d) ball
- 28.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 29.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the pomodoro (c) the rhyme method (d) the method of loci
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a cat by the library, an ant by the teacher’s desk, a drum by the blackboard, an owl by the playground, a tomato by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ant (b) tomato (c) drum (d) cat
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a radio by the classroom door, a mirror by the notice board, a shoe by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the stairs, an anchor by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) radio (b) frog (c) anchor (d) mirror
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an umpire by the playground, a flute by the classroom door, an onion by the teacher’s desk, a jalebi by the library, a tiger by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) tiger (b) flute (c) onion (d) umpire
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a watch by the sofa, a sock by the TV, a cat by the dining table, a fan by the kitchen, a radio by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) watch (b) sock (c) cat (d) radio
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a drum by the kitchen, a key by the bed, a tomato by the TV, a shoe by the sofa, a kite by the dining table. Where did you place the drum? (a) kitchen (b) sofa (c) TV (d) dining table
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an igloo by the shoe rack, a cat by the TV, a rope by the sofa, a parrot by the dining table, a jug by the door. What did you place by the dining table? (a) igloo (b) parrot (c) jug (d) cat
- 36.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an urn by the school gate, a monkey by the stairs, a ladder by the teacher’s desk, a glass by the classroom door, an ice cream by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) monkey (b) urn (c) ice cream (d) glass
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an igloo by the kitchen, a frog by the dining table, a drum by the TV, a ladder by the sofa, an apple by the bed. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) apple (b) frog (c) ladder (d) igloo
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an inkpot by the door, a coconut by the TV, a van by the shoe rack, a guava by the sofa, an umbrella by the dining table. What did you place by the sofa? (a) umbrella (b) guava (c) van (d) inkpot
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a coconut by the banyan tree, a tiger by the swing, a cat by the park gate, a kettle by the fruit cart, a flute by the post box. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) kettle (b) cat (c) tiger (d) coconut
Answer key
- step 1
- doll
- one you know very well
- put pictures at stops
- step 4
- fix stops in order
- yes, with new pictures
- ant
- teacher’s desk
- fix stops in order
- step 3
- mirror
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- to keep the order
- bucket
- put pictures at stops
- frog
- choose a place you know
- lamp
- post box
- add more stops
- swing
- rose
- choose a place you know
- ball
- fix stops in order
- the method of loci
- tomato
- radio
- tiger
- radio
- kitchen
- parrot
- fix stops in order
- urn
- ladder
- guava
- kettle
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